The past few months saw some of the most important outputs of the project both for the supplier and user community of OCRE. In this general update webinar, the project will provide an update on some of the key developments in the project including the conclusion of the OCRE IaaS+ Tender and the signing of more than 400 framework agreements, the presentation of the OCRE Cloud Catalogue of commercial cloud services for the European research community, the validation test suite for suppliers, research projects selected to receive adoption funding support. as well as some of the work in progress for Earth Observation digital services procurement.

1. Wave 1 EO funding Open Call
Antonio Romeo
RHEA Group
a.romeo@rheagroup.com

3. 25/03/2021
OCRE H2020 project | EGU 2019| Wien (Austria) | 11th April 2019
Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3
Funding waves EC adpt
funds
Type A
services
EC
adpt
funds
Type B
service
s
Total
for
each
wave
1.475M 0.975M 2.45M
1M 1.5M 2.5M
2.25M 2.25M 4.5M
BROAD RANGE
BUYER
GROUPS
COMMITTED
BUYER
GROUPS

4. 24/03/2021
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Initiative Rationale
 Link tomorrow’s Researchers with EO Services and Providers
Students EO Service Provider
 Advertise EO in new research sectors
 Wide audience services
 No (high) remote sensing expertise required

5. 5
Foreseen EO Services
Cloud based
services
Interactive
development
Data Analytics /
Visualisation
Copernicus Sentinels
or derived valued
added products
(Land, water,
atmosphere)
24/03/2021

6. 24/03/2021
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EO Funding Open Call
 Open call request starting from beginning of April 2021 until end October 2021
 Screening process
o Be a master student or a PhD candidate in a university in H2020 participating
country
o Use EO data from the Copernicus programme in their research.
o Hope to continue usage of Earth Observation Services in their research.
o Services selected are fit for purpose
 Participation on the EO Funding Open Call via OCRE’s website form
 Vouchers distribution will start after the dedicated DPS Tender will procure the
identified services

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